“We are born perfect, and we will die perfect. The problem is that we create that character in our story that we pretend to be, or that we want to be, and we cannot hide that from ourselves. We know that we are pretending to be what we are not in the name of perfection.” KnowsWantCharacterStoriesProblemSpiritualDiesNamesBornPerfectPerfectionPretending Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“The freedom we are looking for is the freedom to be ourselves, to express ourselves.” Freedom Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“We have a dysfunctional dream of the planet, and humans are mentally sick with a disease called fear. The symptoms of the disease are all the emotions that make humans suffer: anger, hate, sadness, envy, and betrayal. When the fear is too great, the reasoning mind begins to fail, and we call this mental illness.” MindHumansDreamSufferingHateEmotionFailingSadnessPlanetsDiseaseSickIllnessBetrayalEnvyMental IllnessReasoningSymptomsAnger Hate Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“You have to stand up and be a human. You have to honor the man or woman that you are. Respect your body, enjoy your body, love your body, feed, clean, and heal your body. Exercise and do what makes your body feel good. This is a puja to your body, and that is a communion between you and God. . . . When you practice giving love to every part of your body, you plant seeds of love in your mind, and when they grow, you will love, honor, and respect your body immensely.” MenGivingFeelsMindHumansBodyGrowsEnjoyPracticeLove YouHe ManHonorExerciseCleanPlantSeedsYour BodyHealFeel GoodCommunionBody LoveGiving LoveHonor And RespectPuja Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Everyone talks about freedom. All around the world different people, different races, different countries are fighting for freedom. But what is freedom? In America we speak of living in a free country. But are we really free? Are we free to be who we really are? The answer is no, we are not free. True freedom has to do with the human spirit-it is freedom to be who we really are. Who stops us from being free? We blame the government, we blame the weather, we blame our parents, we blame religion, we blame God. Who really stops us from being free? We stop ourselves.” PeopleWorldHumansDifferentCountryGovernmentAmericaSpiritFightingSpeakParentFreedomAnswersRaceBlameWeatherAround The WorldHuman SpiritDifferent PeoplesBeing FreeTrue FreedomDifferent CountriesFree CountryFighting For FreedomDifferent Races Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Our minds have the need to know. When we dont know we make assumptions - they make us feel safer than not knowing. And we are pretty much always making assumptions.” KnowsNeedsFeelsMindKnowingAssumptionNot Knowing Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Your best changes from moment to moment, sick or well, tired or rested. Remember that you are an imperfect human being. There is no value to judging yourself for” HumansWellsMomentsRememberValuesHuman BeingsJudgingSickTiredExcellenceImperfectBeing ThereJudging Yourself Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Before we were born, a whole society of storytellers was already here. The storytellers who were here before us taught us how to be human.” HumansWholeBornTaughtStorytellerTaught Us Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“Everything you think about yourself, everything you believe about yourself, is because you learned it.” ThinkingBelieveAbout Yourself Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“The word is a force you cannot see, but you can see the manifestation of that force, the expression of the word, which is your own life.” ForceExpressionManifestation Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“When we respect everybody around us, we are in peace with everybody around us.” Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“You are the way you are because that is what you believe about yourself.” WayBelieveSelfAbout Yourself Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“We learn to be right and to make everyone else wrong. The need to be right is the result of trying to protects the image we want to project to the outside. We have to impose our way of thinking, not just onto other humans, but even upon ourselves.” ThinkingWayWantNeedsTryingHumansSelfResultsProtectProjectsWay Of Thinking Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“The way you react has been repeated thousands of times, and it has become a routine for you. You are conditioned to be a certain way. And that is the challenge: to change your normal reactions, to change your routine, to take a risk and make different choices.” WayHas BeensDifferentCertainChoicesChallengesLossRiskNormalReactionsRecoveryRoutineDifferent Choices Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
